Heres One I Made Earlier

[Old Lancer]

first of all welcome to my maiden thread.second, let me state quite clearly this is not a no4(t), it is my replica, repro, homage or call it what you will built to compete at my local club in surplus sniper matches in the spitit of a T
the donor rifle is a 1942 faz no4 mk1/2 ftr'd in1954. the pads, mount and cheek piece are from numrich guncorp in the us, the sling is a repro knox of top quality and stamped milsco 1942, the scope covers are made by a guy in the uk, the scope is a weaver k2.5 tube with more modern k3 internals, the adjustment is of the older clicker type and the graticle is a fine crosshair so the body can be turned through 90' to replicate the no32 setup(windage and elevation become reversed). the sunshade and the adjustment drums were turned down by a mate with his lathe to my specs then araldited and screwed down using existing screws. i knocked it up in my garage over a weekend and it collimated perfectly first time! begginers luck i suppose.
ive used it with great success out to 300m and all up i would estimate it has cost me about $1000aud. having said all that ill admit bidding on several genuine no32,s on evil bay and having set myself a budjet i always get outbid at the last. having read all the posts of late about wanting to build replicas i thought i would show and tell. i still cant manage to post pictures so i mailed them to badger to post for me, so please be patient. and if anyone wants to ask "why?" the answer is cos it was fun!

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[MVolkJ]

That's a fine-looking rifle - and I bet it shoots as well as it looks!

-Mark

[madcratebuilder]

That is a fine clone. I'm impressed with the scope knobs and sun shade. I think I may be in front of my lathe for a day or so after seeing that. I have one clone with a K2.5 and another in the works.

[Old Lancer]

All I need now is one of them there numrich repro no32's. Any of our American forummers willing to help out?

[Hal O'Peridol]

All I need now is one of them there numrich repro no32's. Any of our American forummers willing to help out?

Send me a PM, I can help you out.

Getting ready to go work night shift now.

[Peter Laidler]

Just as a little aside, the best thing to do is to buy the biggest heap of tat No32 scope that you can find plus a bit of a heap No42/53 telescope. Providing that the major parts are still with it, it can be rebuilt/restored using the donor No42/53. I'd say that buying a heap of tat plus a donor plus the labour would be (?) less £££'s then a minty scope to start with. Unless anyone feels differently or has had a contrary experience

[vintage hunter]

The LAST thing you need is one of them there numrich repro's. There's a couple of threads here about the Numrich repro 32's you need to read before you waste you're money on one. Take Peter's advice on finding a real 32 and have it rebuilt, then you'll have something worthwhile. Except for the optics, the repro's are poor quality an not worth the price.

[RJW NZ]

Now that is really awesome, well done! Putting that brass front end on the scope was a clever touch, why someone hadn't thought of that before I'll never know.

[FHG918]

Especially clever to have used the crosshair reticle rather than the post so that you can turn the scope 90 degrees to have the drums on top and left side!

I have a K3 with post/crosshair, so I can't do that, and I have no access to the necessary shop equipment nor personal skill to mount the pads, despite Peter Laidler's fine instructions. So a No4T look-alike is not within my reach. The Armalon mount for the No4, combined with Burris standard steel low-mount rings seems a slightly expensive (about $125 all together) but very low-skill (and reversible!) route to something that might approximate a shoot-alike using my 1942 Long Branch. My calculations are that combination of Armalon mount, Burris rings and Weaver K3 will give a barrel-centre to scope-centre distance of 1.875", rather than the 1.7" .

Appreciate any comments - especially negative ones!

[muffett.2008]

Question..... Will the optic lens's out of a 42 or 53 fit in one of the Numrich scopes, and if so, what other parts are weak?